Illegal drugs worth an estimated P88.54 billion were seized or confiscated from July 2022 to September 2025, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported on Thursday.
In a statement, the PDEA said it seized 145,023 pieces of ecstasy tablets; 11,837.59 kilograms of shabu (crystal meth); 7,796.59 kilograms of marijuana and 103.51 kilograms of cocaine during the said period. The agency said it arrested 170,535 drug suspects, including 10,631 ‘high-value’ targets.
It also dismantled 1,621 drug dens and five clandestine laboratories in 127,417 operations from July 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2025.
PDEA further said 29,677 of the barangays across the country were ‘drug-cleared’ as of last September.